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Learning Area 1: Brainstorming for Research Topics

Activity 1: Identifying Real-Life Problems

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1. Write one topic related to your track/strand that has been featured in a news article
published in the past month. You may use printed newspapers or online news
articles. The following are sample topics: the development of a new vaccine,
successful elections in another country, and different management styles.

Track and strand: ____________________________________________________________________

Title of news article: ____________________________________________________________________

Author/s: ____________________________________________________________________

Source: ____________________________________________________________________

Date of publication: ____________________________________________________________________

2. Based on your chosen topic, make a list of two key points that are interesting to you
as a student of your strand. These two key points may also be a specific topic you
would like to make a research on.

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b. _____________________________________________________________________________________

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3. In three to five sentences, explain why these key points are interesting to you as a
student of your strand.

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